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Search results for "11 pgs." ...
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Prying Eyes
After a tip from a woman who was the victim of a window peeper, KARE 11 News began surveillance of her condominium and successfully documented the peeper's appearance at her window three times in a matter of days, virtually undressing on one occasion. KARE also examines the connection between stranger rape and window peeping, helping to dispel the myth that window peeping is a harmless crime. (Nov. 17-18, 1996)
Tags: Plewacki King Dennison Prying eyes Contest entry Assault Privacy Prison 13 pgs. TAPE
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Rites of Passage
Though students consider hazing a fun way to initiate underclassmen at their new school, this KARE 11 News report shows that in some cases the fun can get out of hand. Students are taped to trees, while others are shown being ridiculed and covered in catsup, honey, chocolate syrup and eggs. (Nov. 7, 22, 1996)
Tags: Plewacki King Schulzetenberg Rites of passage Contest entry Minnesota state legislature 12 pgs. TAPE
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No title (id: 13969)
KARE 11 News goes inside the crime-infested Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis. An interview with a drug dealer off the street makes clear the ease and fearlessness with which these felons go about their business. The governor orders state-level law enforcement into the area. However, residents believe that city officials have chosen to ignore their cries for help and make the neighborhood a containment area for criminals. (Nov. 10-11, 1996)
Tags: Plewacki Drug avenue south Contest entry Police Block club Federal disaster area 16 pgs. TAPE
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No title (id: 13962)
PrimeTime Live series documents a pattern of misleading sales practices at Prudential Life Insurance in which an estimated 3 million customers nationwide were cheated. PrimeTime obtained videotapes of training sessions in which management and agenst taught deceptive sales practices. (Dec. 11, 1996)
Tags: Sawyer Rock in a hard place Contes entry Forgery Life insurance Fraud Courts 8 pgs TAPE
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No title (id: 13958)
This piece exposed the growing white-collar crime called "True Name Fraud." Without a person's knowledge, their name and social security may be stolen and their identity duplicated to steal thousands of dollars from stores, car dealers, and financial institutions. Experts believe millions of American s are victims of this fraud at a cost of three billion dollars a year. Identity can be obtained through stealing a wallet, rummaging through garbage, breaking into a locker or opening up a mailbox. Once the thieves have the social security number of an individual, a photo ID is made which enables them to obtain instant credit at stores, and open bank accounts with all correspondence sent to new addresses. It may take several months before an individual realizes they have been victimized and even years to clean up their credit record. (September 11, 1996)
Tags: Wallace McGrady Lange Lichstein et al The credit con Contest entry 9 pgs. TAPE
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No title (id: 13952)
Quietly, and with little or no scrutiny, hospitals throughout the country are replacing highly trained nurses with lower paid and minimally trained aides, often endangering patients in the process. In a four-part series the Post-Gazette raised troubling questions about the impact of this trend on patient safety, the quality of health care and even the cost savings meant to be obtained by such restructuring. The investigation found in most cases the personnel drawing blood, monitoring heat rates or inserting catheters had less training than over-the-road truck drivers. The story found one example after another of hospital patients injured or killed by the mistakes or negligence of aides performing tasks they were not prepared or trained to handle. (February 11 - 14, 1996)
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No title (id: 13942)
The Dallas Observer explores why the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District is so poorly run. It blames the district's trustees for meddling in personnel and management decisions and highlights various abuses of power over the years. It also faults state authorities for their reluctance to get to the root of the district's troubles. (Oct. 3, 1996)
Tags: Korosec Last in the class Contest entry Education City government 11 pgs.
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No title (id: 13935)
The Houston Press investigates the Exxon refinery in Baytown, where cutbacks in personnel and maintenance budget and the increased use of outside contractors has turned the plant into a catastrophe waiting to happen. Major disasters have been narrowly averted several times in the past two years after escaping vapors formed explosive clouds near open flames. (April 18, July 11, 1996)
Tags: Burtman The fire next time? The fine this time Contest entry Safety Inspections GCIWU OCAW 9 pgs.
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No title (id: 13930)
WLS-TV investigates security at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. Following a daily stakeout of the jail walls, WLS-TV recorded nervous-looking guards making exchanges by hoisting milk crates up and down jail walls. Some sources told of seeing guns run up and down the walls. (June 27-28, 1996)
Tags: Goudie LaMet Basket case at the county jail Contest entry Safety 11 pgs. TAPE
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No title (id: 13919)
Dateline NBC investigates how the airline industry influences the FAA on costly safety issues. The series discovered a large portion of the anti-collision lights on commercial jetliners fail to meet minimum safety standards -- and the FAA has known about the problem for years. (Aug. 11, 1996)
Tags: Weiland Schwartz Larson Fly by night Contest entry USAir 737 Crash Airlines 2 pgs. TAPE NO SCRIPT